Participate in Wildlife Watch and let us know about the wildlife and plants you observe where you live! Wildlife Watch is a national, nature watching program created for people of all ages.

Visit Wildlife Watch before and after your adventures in nature. Before you head outside, click your state on the dropdown list below. Review all the possible species and natural phenomena you might observe. After you return indoors, come back to Wildlife Watch and report the data online.

It’s simple, fun and you’ll learn a lot about the wildlife that exists in yourneighborhood. Plus you’ll be helping Wildlife Watch track the health and behavior of wildlife and plant species nationwide.

On 3/7/2015 Sarah wrote:For the past 3 or 4 years I have been committed to a photo challenge. I live on the Olympic Peninsula, WA but normally have no transportation outside city limits. So I decided to see how many species of wild birds I could photograph from the locations within a mile or so of the bus routes. Since I am moving for college soon I decided to see what the total number of species with the ID confirmed was (there are some I still...Tell us your story...

How do I use this map?

The map shows you all of the observations made in each state, county and zip code. Click on a state and you'll see the different observations made, look at the key below to see what the different colors and symbols mean. Submit your Wildlife Watching observations by selecting your state in the "Select a State" menu and see how you affect this map!